Clay Matters: Pottery Changes at C4-084B, a Manteño Site in the Cloud Forest of El Pital, Coastal Ecuador

Summary

Recent archaeological investigations at site (C4-084B) within the Rio Blanco valley in coastal Ecuador yielded significant data regarding Manteño occupation of the region during the Integration Period (A.D. 700-1500). Situated in a cloud forest in the community of El Pital, the site contains the remnants of masonry residential structures along with evidence for at least two different occupations. Phase I, the earlier occupation, is separated from Phase II, the later occupation, by a gravel fill. Generally, the formal and stylistic ceramic analysis suggests cultural continuity between the phases. Specifically however, the study implies that the early Phase I Manteño pottery differed in decorative techniques from Phase II ceramics. This poster explores the potential these new data have for helping outline the Manteño occupation in the cloud forest. The poster also examines intra-site correlations and the meaning such changes in decorative ceramic techniques might convey.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

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